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289 kr
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This comprehensive work covers every species wild flower that you might encounter in Britain and Ireland, highlighting key features to allow identification with confidence.Wild flower identification may seem extremely challenging to those not familiar with them, but this brilliant photographic guide changes that forever. Packed with superb photography throughout, including stunning portraits and close-ups of key features along with succinct, no-nonsense text, this book will help you to identify any wild flower that you may encounter in Britain and Ireland. This second edition has been revised, updated, and expanded to become a truly comprehensive work, covering all but the most extreme rarities in the British Isles. This book packs a true floral punch. The pages have been designed to ensure that the photographs are reproduced at a sensible size while retaining a readable text. Key features are highlighted in boxes throughout the book, while details of confusion species and look-alikes are given where relevant. Accurate and fully updated colour maps based on the national plant-mapping scheme are provided for each species. In its first edition, this guide set a new standard for photographic flower guides. This new edition expands on that work, and is an essential field reference for anyone interested in our wild flowers.
404 kr
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An authoritative guide covering the best birdwatching sites in Britain.This handy field guide covers the very best birding sites in Britain. In a format familiar to readers of this popular series, each site is considered in terms of 'Habitat', Access' and 'Birds', aiding birders of all levels to plan successful birding trips anywhere in Britain, and to maximise the chances of getting the best out of each site and each region.The book includes attractive and accurate line drawings, detailed maps of the larger sites, plus general maps of the regions covered. Extensively revised with several new sites added for this edition, it also includes important information on disabled access.
608 kr
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Orchids have long held a fascination, both for keen botanists and the general public.From the mania of Victorian collectors to the enthusiasm of modern photographers, this family of flowering plants has a strange and exotic appeal. Many orchids are beautiful, and some are rare.This well illustrated orchid guide covers the identification, biology and conservation of British and Irish orchids. Until recently, the whereabouts of the rarer species was shrouded in secrecy, making publication of any details ethically impossible. In the last few years, however, these veils have been lifted and it is now possible to publish locations for all but one or two species.For the first time, this book includes a detailed site guide, covering the best places to see orchids in Britain.
259 kr
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This pocket guide allows the identification of all species of orchid in the British Isles.The orchid family is one of the largest plant families in the world, reaching its highest diversity in the tropics where their exotic and colourful flowers are often truly breathtaking. Britain and Ireland have just 52 species of wild orchid, some of which are rare or scarce, whilst others are surprisingly inconspicuous. Yet, whether large or small, all orchids share flamboyant flower structures and incredible beauty.It has concise text highlighting ID criteria as well as notes on biology, habitat and conservation, along with stunning colour photographs and accurate range maps based on maps compiled by the Biological Record Centre. This book provides the perfect guide to these beautiful and evocative plants, and is a must for any field naturalist.